Clinical Manager - Oncology

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is currently seeking a Clinical Nurse Manager for our Oncology Department and Infusion Suite.  The Clinical Manager is the first line manager responsible for the 24-hour functioning of the units.

The Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Oncology floor is a 32-bed dedicated unit caring for patients with cancer who live in the many communities along the Central Coast of California.  The Infusion Suite is a 12 chair out-patient unit providing a variety of Intravenous mediations seven days a week from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Nurses are trained and certified to administer chemotherapy/biotherapy and support the staff to become Oncology Certified Nurses. We are committed to providing excellent patient care in a supportive and nurturing environment and we are especially proud of our close collaboration with our oncologists, the Palliative Care team, and other departments and staff.

Major Accountabilities/Specific Job Competencies

Clinical Management 

•             Provides clinical consultation and supervision to nursing personnel and other staff as appropriate.
•             Participates in the clinical operations and patient care activities within the unit.
•             Assures patient care is consistently provided in accordance with organizational/system-wide accepted standards of care and practice.
•             Demonstrates effective management of staffing resources by providing for appropriate skill mix  and numbers of staff for the service.
•             Models expert decision-making, collaboration and negotiation skills at both service and  organizational levels in strategizing to maximize patient outcomes and resource utilization.
•             Actively participates in work processes and system redesign. Creates a sense of partnership and collegiality with care team staff and managers through consensus building, role clarification and  outcomes measurement activities.
•             Empowers point-of-service staff in decision-making/problem-solving through shared governance with an aim of clinical quality, service excellence, cost-effectiveness and continuity in care.
•             Follows up on any unusual occurrences or untoward incidents involving patients, employees, or applicable equipment/instruments or supplies.
•         ��   Collaborates in the identification, investigation and implementation of improvement opportunities directly related to professional/patient care practices and patient outcomes.
•             Utilizes current quality improvement/problem solving knowledge and skills in day-to-day operations and strategic planning.  
•             Makes recommendations concerning new or revised policies and procedures involving all aspects of patient care, and personnel. Clarifies and supports existing policies and procedures.   

Fiscal/Resource Management

•             Provides ongoing interpretation of financial and clinical data for service to facilitate understanding of the impact of their clinical service practice to the financial goals of the organization.
•             Analyzes population-specific data to identify service/program opportunities.
•             Follows trends in data which reflect systems issues and implements process improvement with appropriate departments/staff involved.
•             Establishes and monitors an annual budget consistent with the organization’s financial goals, service/population reimbursement trends and current and/or projected standards of care.
•             Guides the service activities and decision-making processes which result in the achievement of financial goals and predictability of costs for patient aggregates.
•             Understands the pricing of procedures and reimbursement of outlier cases and utilizes this information to facilitate the development of feasible standards of care and practice.

Personnel Management and Development

•             Assures job descriptions are current and reflective of behavioral skills needed.
•             Selects staff to create a synergistic team.
•             Assures all staff is competent in assigned role.
•             Establishes initial orientation and ongoing competency expectations for patient care teams.
•             Coordinates patient care staff orientation utilizing preceptors, staff development and existing staff members to assure orientation to patient care unit, systems, policies, procedures and     standards of care and practice.
•             Identifies competencies requiring review/updating/annual testing.
•             Supports staff in development and implementation of their individualized professional development plans.
•             Provides staff with informal and formal feedback on performance in conjunction with conflict resolu